Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] as chairman " in BNC.
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| 1 | Few meetings of more than three people work successfully without someone acting as chairman . |
| 2 | I hear , I , I , I think there is a tendency with the County Council but as I discovered as Chairman of Highways that members want to take a greater interest and to have a greater say on the items on the agenda now planning is is not a controversial as , as say highway items , but nevertheless I think there will be times and there will be agendas which will require a great deal of discussion on the individual items and I 'm also a great believer bearing in mind comments if it ai n't broke , do n't bend it . |
| 3 | Sir Herbert Morgan took it upon himself to act as chairman of an unofficial committee to help realise the three-year project . |
| 4 | James Dunn , an official in the State Department who acted as chairman of the State-War-Navy Coordinating Committee , informed Brigadier-General George Lincoln of the Operations Division that it was desirable that as much of Korea as possible be occupied . |
| 5 | Forstmann Little , the New York investment firm which has controlled Gulfstream Aerospace since its acquisition from Chrysler in 1990 , has invested a further $250 million in the company and repurchased the 31 per cent shareholding held by company founder Allen Paulson , who remains as chairman . |
| 6 | This is , of course , testament to Sir Anthony Tennant who retired as Chairman at the end of 1992 . |
| 7 | At a Panel Hearing , the three panel members selected from a pool of serving members , one acting as chairman of the session , consider everything about a child 's life . |
| 8 | Ron lived to see the latter ambition fulfilled from the foundations he laid as Chairman of the racing section of the British Canoe Union and Olympic Team Manager . |
| 9 | In 1902 he was appointed associate professor of railway engineering at the University of Liverpool , and from 1908 to 1915 he acted as chairman of the faculty of engineering . |
| 10 | At home he was a staunch supporter of the BDDA which he served as Chairman of the Further Education and Youth Committee for many years , before being elected a Grand Councillor and later awarded a medal of honour . |
| 11 | A year ago when he resigned as chairman , it was widely held that he had been pushed and that Peter Moores was about to mount another bid for the post himself . |
| 12 | Dick Corden dropped a bombshell on relegation-haunted Darlington when he resigned as chairman yesterday . |
| 13 | He continued as chairman until his death . |